Alarmist INTjs, giving warnings, talking about dangers
what is up with the alarmist LIIs that I know? They're always talking about warnings, dangers, look-outs, be carefuls, they even post articles on facebook about bad things that have happened and you-should-beware type news. Is this just like Ne gone bad or what? Fear-mongers!
IEI-Fe 4w3
You know FDR once said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Therefore we have to fear our own internal reactions henceforth we have literally to fear ourselves...
That's really not that heartening to me. I mean I'm a scary bitch and there are a lot of things less scary than me that are still quite scary... *shivers with fright* Hold me.
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This would be better associated with ILI, LSI, LSE, Ti types...or Ti users.Originally Posted by redbaron
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Dual type(as per tcaudilllg)
Enneagram 5 (wings either 4 or 6)?
I'm constantly looking to align the real with the ideal.I've been more oriented toward being overly idealistic by expecting the real to match the ideal. My thinking side is dominent. The result is that sometimes I can be overly impersonal or self-centered in my approach, not being understanding of others in the process and simply thinking "you should do this" or "everyone should follor this rule"..."regardless of how they feel or where they're coming from"which just isn't a good attitude to have. It is a way, though, to give oneself an artificial sense of self-justification. LSE
Best description of functions:
http://socionicsstudy.blogspot.com/2...functions.html
Like Ti is a drug.
IEI-Fe 4w3
I don't know why it is? I am Fi and I don't say Be careful nearly as much as my brother in law who is ISTj; or my friends who are ESTj. This comes from being very trusting of the good in the person. Maybe they reason that people are not all good?Like Ti is a drug.
Dual type
Enneagram 5 (wings either 4 or 6)?
I'm constantly looking to align the real with the ideal.I've been more oriented toward being overly idealistic by expecting the real to match the ideal. My thinking side is dominent. The result is that sometimes I can be overly impersonal or self-centered in my approach, not being understanding of others in the process and simply thinking "you should do this" or "everyone should follor this rule"..."regardless of how they feel or where they're coming from"which just isn't a good attitude to have. It is a way, though, to give oneself an artificial sense of self-justification. LSE
Best description of functions:
http://socionicsstudy.blogspot.com/2...functions.html
maybe.
IEI-Fe 4w3
I'm always contemplating how things can go awry. However warnings are reserved only for those with whom I can speak. For those whose familiar influence overpowers my introversion.
right. I believe it!
IEI-Fe 4w3
I like that -- "those whose familiar influence overpowers my introversion."
I'm the same way. As far as I'm concerned, it's better to be prepared for something that never happens, than unprepared for something that does.
Quaero Veritas.
ssshhhh ...you shouldn't have said that. Now labcoat might consider isfp for you.
Oh noes!
He'll have to duke it out with Pinocchio, who thinks I'm ILI.
[Edit: Seriously though, this seems like a case of Demonstrative Ni. We use it a lot in private, but assume that most people would find it pretty boring (since we do), and don't tend to talk about it much in public.]
Quaero Veritas.
no. you can waste your whole life preparing for the "what ifs" in life. instead, just trust in your ability to deal with whatever happens.
IEI-Fe 4w3
my ESFj mom has the same problem, and i've used that line on her. it doesn't do anything, though. still paranoid about so many things that will probably never materialize..
Which is exactly why ESEs need LIIs -- when they start worrying about life's "what ifs", the LII can be like "Yeah, I already thought about that, and here's my plan for if it happens."
Quaero Veritas.
I keep reading this as "LIIs and warpipes"
that's depressing.
IEI-Fe 4w3
That's completely neglecting the cost of being prepared.
It's refreshing to see a cost/benefit analysis when each side is pointing out that the other can be disastrous...
LII-Ne
"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and the Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare!"
- Blair Houghton
Johari
Why would an LII not do a cost/benefit analysis before spending any significant amount of money? I was just assuming that as a given. As much as it would be cool to have a bomb shelter under my house to be prepared for the rather unlikely event of a nuclear war, the costs are too high to be worth it. On the other hand, reading about how to survive a nuclear attack is not only free, but has the added benefit of being interesting.
Quaero Veritas.
The question is are you using free knowledge to feed paranoia or for an actually beneficial purpose.Why would an LII not do a cost/benefit analysis before spending any significant amount of money? I was just assuming that as a given. As much as it would be cool to have a bomb shelter under my house to be prepared for the rather unlikely event of a nuclear war, the costs are too high to be worth it. On the other hand, reading about how to survive a nuclear attack is not only free, but has the added benefit of being interesting.
Technically paranoia is a delusional mental disorder, but I assume what you mean is something like "unreasonable fear". There is no fear involved; it's an interesting mental exercise. Rather like those depicted in the following cartoons: xkcd: Velociraptors xkcd: Post Office Showdown
On a more practical level, I also plan out important conversations before I have them, taking into account all possible ways the conversation could go. I find if I don't do this, I stumble about and can't figure out how to say what I want to say.
Quaero Veritas.
Deltas are worse!
I can't say I'm innocent of anything you've described here.
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Hillary-ousYou will thank me in the future for that.
Yes Mom, I'll carry an extra pencil around, keep bandaids in my lunch box, and keep a comb in my backpack just in case. Could I go now? I'm going to miss the bus.
Yes, exactly! I know it's unlikely that I'll ever have to deal with a home invasion, but I like knowing that I have two hammers and a hatchet stashed around the house, just in case...
Hmm. Judging by the different focus of our examples, I theorize that we may in fact be different genders...
Hah, I actually do those things. Only the comb is in my back pocket, and the bandaids are in my jacket pocket.
Quaero Veritas.
Actually I'm very naive. I once stuck my foot under the wheel of a car just to see what it would feel like to get my foot run over by a car. It hurt. Even though I was drunk it still hurt a lot. There was also this one car full of idiot teenagers driving around this movie theater parking lot. They were spraying people with something and I couldn't quite figure it out, so I was standing there just trying to figure it out as they were driving straight at me. Eventually they swerved around me and I found out it was some idiot in the back squirting mustard at people. The guy must've been 2 feet from me when he flung a stream of mustard at me. I caught some in the neck and shoulder, but it wasn't too bad. I walk through bad neighborhoods and everything, I never really feel scared, maybe I just don't sense danger. I foresee myself getting into some kind of crazy Tienanmen Square situation with me staring death in the face. It'll be glorious.
The saddest ESFj
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Hahahaha, awesome!
I'm like this as well. I don't know if it's awesome that I have no fear in those situations, or if it's some sort of serious defect that will one day get me killed.
Not that I'm entirely without fear, mind you. I find making unsolicited social phone calls to be terrifying. I have to trust a person very, very much before I feel comfortable doing that.
Quaero Veritas.
I used to be very much this way. I remember in my college days, going out for walks alone at 2:00 in the morning just because I felt like doing so. One time a cop stopped by to see if I was alright and if I'd like a ride home. He gave me the lecture about how a young woman like me shouldn't be out walking alone late at night. The statement sounded sexist at the time but I think its true that women have to worry more then men (about getting raped and stuff).
I'm more sensible now but I'm still naive to some degree. I'm probably not as fearful as I should be in driving in unfamiliar neighborhoods at night.
And I share your discomfort in making unsolicitied phone calls.
LII-Ne with strong EII tendencies, 6w7-9w1-3w4 so/sp/sx, INxP
phone calls? hahaha
The saddest ESFj
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The robot from lost in space is LII?
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interesting... any idea where this arose from?
The idea of coding things and security, that is.
To me I'm not very alarmist about things, but I do tend to obsessively plan things out, sometimes overly intricately, I just get a tremendous feeling when I can strategically set up a bunch of peices and knock them over like dominoes.
I think thats the reason I find aerospace engineer so fascinating, I really don't care about space and all that fluff, I never cried with pride for humanity when they arrived on the moon or whatever and as a kid dreamed to go into space. At first it was because I liked aviation and have a pilot's certificate. After a while I began liking orbital mechanics and the idea of launching something from earth and strategically planning how it was going to end up landing to another world; from its takeoff and orbital maneovers to its transition and landing into the atmosphere.
When I'd smoke weed, I used to get paranoid, and I'd have all these procedures and excuses planned up if anyone were to try and search for it. I'd rehearse it so much so that it felt natural by the time I'd have to lie. I'd even develop slang for it, so that if people heard me talking about it, it would sound like everyday conversation but we would be talking about things. Of course it never caught hold with my friends after doing it for a while.
But I am an obsessive planner..... not a coder.
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Fear is not related to socionics because socionics isn't based in emotions.
Fear is related to enneagram, which is based on a stress-fixation-emotions.
Type 5 and 6 can often come across as alarmist.
LII are often 5's and sometimes 6's.
The end is nigh
Also paradoxically the power-seeking types seem to be the most fearful and the most likely to be fearless... cause there enneagram types are all built around the emotions of fear and how to manage it.
5's are fearful at not knowing and being incompetent because of that
8's are fearful at being weak and not tough enough to deal with life and people
2's are fearful at being too alone and detached from people emotionally
At the best (mastering their fear)
5's are competent and knowledgable
8's are tough and confident
2's are emotionally aware and connected
At worse (giving into their fears)
5's are paranoid and schizo
8's are sociopathic and overly controlling
2's are attached and clingy
Unless I actually have some sort of schizophrenia, they are not bullshitting when they say 5's become schizo. It's horrible.
The end is nigh
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lol what do you mean, I don't understand this
I experience what I believe to be schizophrenic episodes when I'm stressed.
This is from my 5 fixation unless I'm actually mildly (if that is even possible) schizophrenic.
In other words, I am tempted to exclaim the surprising accuracy of the enneagram, but on the other hand, maybe I'm just a nut.
The end is nigh
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